It is called the Glory Game after all. Football history is all about the glory, the moments of art and imagination which inspire legend.
Liverpool know all about that of course. The names are illustrious, the deeds stirring. Yet even a cursory glimpse into their history shows it is the hard yards which provide the route to titles.
Shankly’s teams were famous for those horrible scraps, the dour victories. Paisley’s teams too, were fighters before anything else, the 1979 team - perhaps the greatest of all - conceding just 16 goals in 42 games.
